Node-Red/Alexa integrations: alternative approach
Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:42 am
I've been having problems with duplicate devices in Alexa using the the Node-Red node-red-contrib-amazon-echo integration in this thread: https://forums.indigodomo.com/viewtopic.php?f=133&t=23486&hilit=node+red+alexa I was seeing duplicate devices being created, and unreliable behaviour.
There is an alternative which masquerades as a Wemo integration rather than Hue, and so far it seems more robust. It doesn't allow dimming, but it's usable for my purposes. Worth taking a look here: https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-wemo-emulator
And if anyone knows how to truly delete non-existent devices from Alexa permanently, I'd love to know. It keeps rediscovering my old emulated Hue devices, even though they haven't existed for days.
There is an alternative which masquerades as a Wemo integration rather than Hue, and so far it seems more robust. It doesn't allow dimming, but it's usable for my purposes. Worth taking a look here: https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-wemo-emulator
And if anyone knows how to truly delete non-existent devices from Alexa permanently, I'd love to know. It keeps rediscovering my old emulated Hue devices, even though they haven't existed for days.